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Margaret Pearl Brown
(Obituary ~ 08/18/16)
Margaret Pearl Brown Oct. 26, 1923 - Aug. 16, 2016 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Margaret Pearl Brown passed away at the Cambridge Manor on Aug. 16, 2016, at the age of 92. She was born Oct. 26, 1923, to Jens R. and Pearl (Parks) Holtze on the family farm south of Wilsonville. Margaret attended Middle Rockton School through eighth grade and graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1941. After graduation, she taught in rural schools for several years...
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Lorene Katherine Franklin
(Obituary ~ 08/18/16)
Lorene Katherine Franklin June 4, 1922 - Aug. 16, 2016 ATWOOD, Kan -- Lorene Katherine Franklin, 94, of Atwood, died Aug. 16, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society in Atwood. Lorene was the first of three children born to Mathias and Bertha (Allacher) Leinwetter. She was born at their farm house south of Herndon...
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Elizabeth L. Rall
(Obituary ~ 08/18/16)
Elizabeth L. Rall COLBY, Kan. -- Elizabeth L. Rall, 91, died today (Aug. 18, 2016), at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kan. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin, Kan.
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Charles Howard Mulligan III
(Obituary ~ 08/18/16)
Charles Howard Mulligan III Oct. 12, 1944 - Aug. 12, 2016 HAIGLER, Neb. -- Charles Howard Mulligan III (Charlie), son of Charles H. Mulligan Jr. and Virginia Trokey Mulligan, entered this life on Oct. 12, 1944, in Fullerton, Calif. He departed this life at his home in Haigler, Neb., the morning of Aug. 12, 2016, at the age of 71 years, 10 months. Charlie was diagnosed with sarcoma cancer in January 2015...
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Cool water
(Local News ~ 08/18/16)
On a typical summer day in Southwest Nebraska, a center pivot system west of Palisade creates a hot, humid rainforest-like microcosm in a cornfield.
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Time to enter 2-on-2 tourney
(Community Sports ~ 08/18/16)
The McCook Gazette will host the 2nd Annual Dixie Geihsler Memorial Coed Adult and Child 2-on-2 Basketball Tournament and Shooting Stars competition.
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Bison girls start in top 10
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/16)
With eight great returning batting averages of .300 or higher, you'd have to be drinking Olympic water in Rio to not include McCook High among Class B's top eight softball teams. The Omaha World-Herald understands this fact as today's first state ranking features McCook at Class B No. 8...
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Choice of words provides insight into lawmakers' thinking
(Editorial ~ 08/18/16)
Remember when President (Bill) Clinton tried to explain away his lies about Monica Lewinsky thusly: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." The same type of parsing reveals some insight into lawmakers' thinking when it comes to budget discussions...
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Ribbon cutting honors
(Local News ~ 08/18/16)
Sawyer Osborn, second grader at the new Wysong Elementary School in Lincoln, Neb., was asked by the principal, Mr. Oltman, to cut the ribbon for the opening day on Aug. 15, the first day in the new building. This is an honor Sawyer will always remember. ...
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First day of school -- again
(Column ~ 08/18/16)
Well, here I am again ... hiding behind big sunglasses and slappin' a fake smile on my face and giving everyone a thumbs up! "First day of school, huh? How ya doin, Mama?" And of course I respond, "Great! Big day, exciting stuff!" However, they didn't see me bawling alone in my truck 3 minutes ago when I watched my youngest trot into the playground of her new school. I'm not really sure how my eye makeup looks, so I'll just keep the sunglasses on for now. I can fix that on my lunch break...
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New car, new hose in city budget
(Local News ~ 08/18/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- City leaders finalized capital expenditure requests in the coming budget year before approving the 2016-17 fiscal year budget on first reading Monday evening. The adjustments included reducing a request from the police department for two new police vehicles, down to one vehicle, among other changes...
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Bison 'under the lights' tonight
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/16)
By now, word has gotten out that the McCook Bison kickoff their season against rival Aurora next Friday.
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Hazmat responders hone skills at national contest
(Local News ~ 08/18/16)
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- If you ever need to find five black balls among 50,000 float- ing in a foot of water, the Red Willow West- ern Rural Fire Department hazmat team of McCook has just the man for you. If you need someone to catch eggs and not break them while wearing a full-encap- sulated Level A emergency response suit and breathing apparatus, the RWW haz- mat team has just the man for you...
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